Vatican Insider: Another point worth mentioning is the attempt to introduce a new regulation to the Chinese Penal Code, which would make forced disappearances illegal. Disappearances became legal last 30 August, when Chinese authorities published a number of amendments to the Penal Code. In China today, it is therefore legal to organise forced disappearances. “The authorities – AsiaNews wrote – can imprison someone in a secret location, without informing the family or the outside world, so that no one knows whether the person has gone for ever.” Read full article by Mauro Pianta here.
